The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 19, 2053
Waxing Crescent
3.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:48 AM
10:30 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.6%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 360,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1613
Events on this date
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Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 7.1° of each other in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,300 km.
Exact values
For May 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 21.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.8° / 106.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 20m / 18.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 80.40° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.18° / 7.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 158.34° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.